Went to the casino today, had a good feeling going in…

game conditions: H17, RSA, DOA, 6deck, hand shuffle, 5/6 penetration, 3:2, $25 min. 1-2 other players at table. Took $2500 with me to play with.

I played for ~4 hours using KO with the color of blackjack adjustments. Used a 1:20 spread. Was up and down thru the time I alotted myself to play.

my last shoe: 3 decks played with a running count of +13. I caught some negative variance and was down to $1000.

seeing the positive count mid way thru the shoe, I told myself to push the max bet out and hope for the best.

i was dealt a 8,8 vs 3. Of course I split and catch a 9 on the first hand and wave it off. I caught another 8 for my second hand. I tell myself to stay with the 16 and hope for a bust…but I couldn’t go out like that, so i ran to the ATM and pulled another $500 to do the split. I know 10’s have to be on the way out, but I get a 7 for a 15 on the second hand and a 4 on the third hand to make 12.

at this point I’m telling myself the dealer has to have a 10 in the hole and will pull a 10 to bust and I’ll be on my way to the best shoe of my life

she flipped an A, then drew a A (s15), A (s16), 6 (12), 4 (16)………..

I’m standing up gripping the padding around the table while the Asian guy next to me is screaming MONKEY! The pit personnel are next to the dealer staring the table down……


and she caught a 5 for a seven card 21!

I could have sh!t a brick at that moment. I thought that guy on YouTube DegenDalt was making these situations up to be funny


Next round starts and of course the next card out of the shoe was the Jack I needed. so, i thanked the dealer and walked to my car in disbelief. The -$3000 was my worst session so far.